Saturday, July 20, 2013

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a narrow field.

Niels Bohr to Edward Teller.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a narrow field.
Sounds about right. Does call for a serenity prayer in order to distinguish between the expert who has learned by making all the mistakes and a fool who just makes a lot of mistakes.

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